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The State of Subcontractor Billing 2026

PR Campaign
Friday 4th September, 2026

Siteline released original research showing that 92% of subcontractors had floated payroll while waiting to be paid, framing them as the construction industry’s unpaid bank. The report gave trade media a timely, data-led story about a familiar but underreported cash-flow problem, while naturally pointing to Siteline’s billing software.

Why it worked: Original, statistically solid survey reframed a chronic gripe as a systemic crisis (“subs are the industry’s bank”), quantified with hard, surprising percentages and a clear villain—retainage delays—giving reporters a data spine and quotable tension.

The lesson: Consider fielding a quick, credible survey that quantifies a widely felt pain, names the unseen culprit, and offers a fix reporters can cite.

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contractormag.com Subcontractors are Still Financing Their Own Jobs, 2026 Survey Finds Friday 4th September, 2026
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